Reviews@Defiant - Morbid Spiritual Illness (CD)

Defiant – Morbid Spiritual Illness

Label: Miner Recordings

Year: 16.10.2015

Format: CD (Jewelcase)

Country: Croatia

Genre: Rock

Still: Death/Black

Defiand is a croatian death black metal band formed in 2005, that after two years of innactivity, with new line-up, has recorded Morbid Spiritual Illness in Armageddon Studio in Osijek, under the production magic-stick of Eldar Ibrahimović Piper.  

This is a third full-length in bands carieere and represents a huge style shift. On first two albums band was playing a melo death metal, but after mentioned two year long period of innactivity (2009-2011) band makes sharp change of musical direction and decides to switch to death-black metal. Very interesting cover-art by Ana Sambol Lobmas, is a picturesque cover for in total of 11 songs. 

The album beginns with the intro that is credited to bands drummer Leonardo Marković, and after the intro, it follows a song „Origen“ for which a lirics-video is done. Great song that stylistically reminds on early works of a band Belphegor, 'till lirically texts are full of biblical terminology and symbolic. Next song that stands out is „Aeons of Erebus“ with a prog part from 2:42 untill somwhere around 3:22, that is just too good not to mention it. It is just one more evidence that the bend is consisted of excelent musitians.  In the song „Har Sinai“ we can hear again this belphegorish flavor and again some progy feeling, here and there during the song itself.  This is one more of those songs that make this album interesting, although in Defiant's music there is nothing new, but all and the same elements, only repacked.  „Flesh is Nothing“ is real destroyer of the song in which Kova (singer) for first time on the album uses some half-clean vocals that perfectly fitted in the song.  

I will mention the song „Empty Chords“ too, with great death metal riff, that at moments remind me on swedish school of death metal, with trademark killer heaviness that turn your brain into a mash. Album is closed by „Earth Cancer“ lead by drumm beat as a piper a bunch of rats that follows him.

Mindblowing speed of the main riff simply leaves you out of words.  Great album.  

I hope that we will have the opportunity to see them live in Serbia, maibe on some of future Invasions, who knows?

Written by: Igor Vlad Cepesh Živić

Rating : 9,5/10